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Respondents represented Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US.

Australia-based travel insurer World Nomads collaborated with UK-based specialist insurance, loyalty, and travel services provider Collinson Group to roll out a parametric travel insurance product to customers in the UK and Ireland.

Only 12% of creators in the US and UK consider content creation their full-time job, according to Q3 2024 data from Influencer and CrowdDNA. Our take: Being a creator is still one of the most coveted career paths, and the number of people who independently create and monetize content, as well as total creator revenues, will continue to rise.

UK brands running "dull" advertising need to spend an additional 拢13 billion (about 拢10 million per campaign) to match the performance of emotionally engaging, creative approaches. In the US, this figure balloons to a staggering $189 billion in wasted media spend.

The audio platform also introduced Generative AI Ads, allowing advertisers to produce customizable audio spots at no extra cost鈥攃urrently in English with North American accents, with UK English coming next. Why it matters: Spotify is addressing digital audio鈥檚 underinvestment problem with tools that meet marketers鈥� growing demand for targeting, attribution, and automation.

When Apple, which pledged $500 million to US manufacturing, faced UK pressure for an iCloud encryption backdoor, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard called it 鈥渁 clear and egregious violation of Americans鈥� privacy and civil liberties,鈥� per The Associated Press. Gabbard asked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other US agencies to review the request.

The news: Free ad-supported TV (FAST) services are growing in several key markets, including the US, the UK, Canada, and Germany, per a report from Nielsen鈥檚 content data business unit Gracenote. The number of active FAST channels has increased by 42% globally since mid-2023, exceeding 1,610 channels.

It became available in the UK in 2021. Operations under pressure: This move comes as TikTok Shop is feeling the heat from ByteDance after failing to meet its 2024 sales goals, with staff facing new pressures to improve performance, per a Business Insider report.

Spotify reported a successful January launch in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, and now plans to expand the program to eligible creators in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Australia starting April 29.

This will lead to the same issues faced in the UK. What banks should do next: Federal regulators will likely provide more clarity regarding which newer rules still apply, and the CFPB will also probably adjust the open banking rule to resolve some of the banks鈥� biggest complaints, per Alex Johnson.

The UK (30.7%), Indonesia (28.9%), South Korea (28.3%), and Norway (21.4%) are the standouts besides China. The US will rank in the top 10 at 16.9% but won鈥檛 reach the 20% mark until 2029. The digital buyer total worldwide will reach a major milestone this year. More than 3 billion people will buy something online in 2025.

The company experienced a 17.4% decline in China; a 4.5% decline in takings in Western Continental Europe; a 5.5% decline in the UK; and a 5.5% increase in India. Still, WPP鈥檚 top 25 clients saw 2.5% growth in Q1, helmed by a robust CPG performance, improvement in tech and digital spend, and stabilization in healthcare. Retail, telecom, and travel and leisure declined.

As Temu and Shein slow US activity, Europe and the UK are emerging as fallback markets, where both brands are still advertising heavily.

DoorDash is spending $5.1 billion to acquire UK-based delivery company Deliveroo and restaurant bookings platform SevenRooms. Uber will shell out $700 million for an 85% stake in Turkish food and grocery delivery platform Trendyol Go.

Microsoft also paused talks or stopped development at sites in Indonesia, the UK, Australia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, per Bloomberg. Microsoft said in January that it was on target to spend $80 billion on data centers this fiscal year, which ends in June, but that progress and future investments may slow following the recent tech market crash. Why the withdrawal?

While a multichannel approach might seem ambitious, this strategy has proven successful鈥攃ompanies using multichannel marketing retain an average 89% of their customers, per research from Aberdeen Group, and 53% of UK agency and brand marketers report that multichannel campaigns hit KPIs most of the time.

Adoption is highest in the US, the UK, and Brazil, with a combined growth rate of 234% YoY. Three in 10 Tap to Phone sellers are small businesses. Why this matters: Tap to Phone is ideal for lower-revenue businesses, letting them save money by accepting payments on a device they likely already own.

Apple takes the lead in child safety: Tech firms face growing pressure to enhance child protection as governments impose stricter regulations, including with the Children鈥檚 Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the US and Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC) in the UK. Apple鈥檚 policies allow parents to easily select and adjust safety settings, but they need to do so proactively.

Retail media ad spending in Germany sits between France and the UK in terms of dollar value. But it鈥檚 far ahead in terms of digital advertising market share. The channel鈥檚 spend will approach $3 billion in Germany in 2024, accounting for more than a fifth of total digital advertising.

For example, the Bank of England uses TikTok to discuss financial topics such as interest rates. This approach can help FIs build brand awareness and convert viewers by connecting their advice to relevant proprietary tools.

Sony raised PlayStation 5 prices in Europe, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, citing a 鈥渃hallenging economic environment.鈥� While US prices have held steady for now, Serkan Toto, CEO of Kantan Games, told CNBC a domestic hike is likely once tariff policy becomes clearer. The Verge also reported that some Sony Bravia OLED TVs now cost about $500 more in the US than in Canada after currency adjustment.

Digital became the majority medium in France in 2022 and in the UK in 2019. Click here to view our forecasts for average time spent with media in France and average time spent with media in the UK. An older population and a traditionalist mindset are behind this trend.